[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2026)]
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Vol. 91
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January 8, 2026
Part III
The President
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Proclamation 10999--To Implement the United States-Israel Agreement on
Trade in Agricultural Products and for Other Purposes
Order of January 2, 2026--Regarding the Acquisition of Certain Assets
of EMCORE Corporation by HieFo Corporation
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 5 / Thursday, January 8, 2026 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10999 of December 29, 2025
To Implement the United States-Israel Agreement
on Trade in Agricultural Products and for Other
Purposes
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
1. On April 22, 1985, the United States and Israel
entered into the Agreement on the Establishment of a
Free Trade Area between the Government of the United
States of America and the Government of Israel (the
``USIFTA''), which the Congress approved in section 3
of the United States-Israel Free Trade Area
Implementation Act of 1985 (the ``USIFTA Implementation
Act'') (Public Law 99-47, 99 Stat. 82 (19 U.S.C. 2112
note)). Section 4(b) of the USIFTA Implementation Act
provides that, when the President determines that it is
necessary to maintain the general level of reciprocal
and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to
Israel provided for by the USIFTA, the President may
proclaim such withdrawal, suspension, modification, or
continuance of any duty, or such continuance of
existing duty-free or excise treatment, or such
additional duties, as the President determines to be
required or appropriate to carry out the USIFTA. In
order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and
mutually advantageous concessions with respect to
agricultural trade with Israel, on July 27, 2004, the
United States entered into an agreement with Israel
concerning certain aspects of trade in agricultural
products during the period January 1, 2004, through
December 31, 2008 (United States-Israel Agreement
Concerning Certain Aspects of Trade in Agricultural
Products (the ``2004 Agreement'')).
2. In Proclamation 7826 of October 4, 2004, the
President determined, pursuant to section 4(b) of the
USIFTA Implementation Act and consistent with the 2004
Agreement, that, in order to maintain the general level
of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions
with respect to Israel provided for by the USIFTA, it
was necessary to provide duty-free access into the
United States through December 31, 2008, for specified
quantities of certain agricultural products of Israel.
Each year from 2008 through 2024, the United States and
Israel entered into agreements to extend the period
that the 2004 Agreement was in force for 1-year periods
to allow additional time for the two governments to
conclude an agreement to replace the 2004 Agreement. To
carry out the extension agreements, in Proclamations
8334 of December 31, 2008; 8467 of December 23, 2009;
8618 of December 21, 2010; 8770 of December 29, 2011;
8921 of December 20, 2012; 9072 of December 23, 2013;
9223 of December 23, 2014; 9383 of December 21, 2015;
9555 of December 15, 2016; 9687 of December 22, 2017;
9834 of December 21, 2018; 9974 of December 26, 2019;
10128 of December 22, 2020; 10326 of December 23, 2021;
10509 of December 23, 2022; 10692 of December 29, 2023;
and 10875 of December 20, 2024, Presidents Bush, Obama,
Biden and I modified the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) to provide duty-free access
into the United States for specified quantities of
certain agricultural products of Israel, each time for
an additional 1-year period.
3. On December 1, 2025, the United States entered into
an agreement with Israel to make permanent
modifications to the 2004 Agreement. On December 4,
2025, the United States entered into an additional
agreement with Israel to extend the period that the
2004 Agreement is in force, in order to provide time
for the permanent modifications to the 2004 Agreement
to
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enter into force. Pursuant to section 4(b) of the
USIFTA Implementation Act, I have determined that it is
necessary, in order to maintain the general level of
reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with
respect to Israel provided for by the USIFTA, to
provide duty-free access into the United States through
the close of December 31, 2026, for specified
quantities of certain agricultural products of Israel,
as provided in Annex I of this proclamation.
4. On May 6, 2003, the United States and the Republic
of Singapore entered into the United States-Singapore
Free Trade Agreement (the ``USSFTA''), which the
Congress approved in section 101 of the United States-
Singapore Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the
``USSFTA Implementation Act'') (Public Law 108-78, 117
Stat. 948, 949 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)). Section 201 of
the USSFTA Implementation Act authorizes the President
to proclaim such modifications or continuation of any
duty, such continuation of duty-free or excise
treatment, or such additional duties, as the President
determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out
or apply articles 2.2, 2.5, 2.6, and 2.12 of the USSFTA
and the schedule of reductions set forth in Annex 2B of
the USSFTA. Section 202 of the USSFTA Implementation
Act provides certain rules for determining whether a
good is an originating good for the purposes of
implementing tariff treatment under the USSFTA and
authorizes the President to proclaim the provisions set
out in Annexes 3A, 3B, and 3C of the USSFTA and any
additional subordinate category necessary to carry out
Title II consistent with the USSFTA. In Proclamation
7747 of December 30, 2003, the President determined
that it was necessary to add general note 25 to the
HTSUS to implement the tariff modifications and rules
of origin necessary to carry out the USSFTA.
5. Proclamation 7747 contained two technical errors
with respect to the rules of origin for HTSUS
subheadings in chapter 90 in general note 25. I have
determined that additional modifications to the HTSUS
are necessary or appropriate to correct these errors.
6. On June 30, 2007, the United States and the Republic
of Korea entered into the United States-Korea Free
Trade Agreement (the ``USKFTA''), which the Congress
approved in section 101 of the United States-Korea Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``USKFTA
Implementation Act'') (Public Law 112-41, 125 Stat.
428, 430 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note)). Proclamation 8783 of
March 6, 2012, implemented the USKFTA with respect to
the United States and, pursuant to the USKFTA
Implementation Act, incorporated into the HTSUS the
schedule of duty reductions and rules of origin
necessary or appropriate to carry out the USKFTA.
7. Proclamation 8771 of December 29, 2011, pursuant to
section 1206(a) of the Omnibus Trade and
Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-418, 102
Stat. 1107, 1151 (19 U.S.C. 3006(a)), modified the
HTSUS to reflect amendments to the International
Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and
Coding System (the ``Convention''). Section 201 of the
USKFTA Implementation Act authorizes the President to
proclaim such modifications or continuation of any
duty, such continuation of duty-free or excise
treatment, or such additional duties, as the President
determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out
or apply articles 2.3, 2.5, and 2.6, and Annex 2-B,
Annex 4-B, and Annex 22-A, of the USKFTA. Section
202(o) of the USKFTA Implementation Act authorizes the
President to proclaim, as part of the HTSUS, the rules
of origin set out in the USKFTA and to proclaim any
modifications to such previously proclaimed rules of
origin, subject to the exceptions stated in section
202(o)(2)(A) of the USKFTA Implementation Act. In
Proclamation 9072 of December 23, 2013, the President
determined that it was necessary to modify general note
33 to the HTSUS to implement agreed modifications to
the rules of origin in the USKFTA and ensure the
continuation of such staged reductions in rates of duty
for originating goods under tariff categories that had
been modified to reflect amendments to the Convention.
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8. Proclamation 9072 contained a technical error in
tariff classification rule 1 to chapter 88 in general
note 33. I have determined that additional
modifications to the HTSUS are necessary or appropriate
to correct this error.
9. In Proclamation 8114 of March 19, 2007, the
President established HTSUS subheading 9819.15.10 and a
new U.S. Note 5 to subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of the
HTSUS in order to implement certain aspects of the
tariff treatment provided for in section 112(b)(8) and
section 112(c) of the African Growth and Opportunity
Act (Title I of the Trade and Development Act of 2000,
Public Law 106-200, 114 Stat. 251, 262), as amended by
section 6002(b) of the Africa Investment Incentive Act
of 2006 (Division D, Title VI of the Tax Relief and
Health Care Act of 2006, Public Law 109-432, 120 Stat.
2922, 3193 (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(8) and (c))). In
Proclamation 8240 of April 17, 2008, the President made
modifications to U.S. Notes 2(a), 2(b), and 2(e) to
subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of the HTSUS to include
references to the various HTSUS subheadings established
by Proclamation 8114, including references to
subheading 9819.15.10. In Proclamation 8323 of November
25, 2008, the President further modified the HTSUS by
deleting U.S. Note 5 to subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of
the HTSUS, and its associated subheadings, including
subheading 9819.15.10. However, Proclamation 8323
inadvertently omitted conforming changes to U.S. Notes
2(a), 2(b), and 2(e) to subchapter XIX of chapter 98 of
the HTSUS.
10. In Proclamation 10326 of December 23, 2021, the
President made certain necessary conforming changes to
U.S. Notes 2(a), 2(b), and 2(e) to subchapter XIX of
chapter 98 of the HTSUS, including removing references
to subheading 9819.15.10 from U.S. Notes 2(a) and 2(e),
but inadvertently failed to remove the reference to
subheading 9819.15.10 in the first line of U.S. Note
2(b). I have determined that additional modifications
to the HTSUS are necessary or appropriate to reflect
the deletion of U.S. Note 5 to subchapter XIX of
chapter 98 of the HTSUS, and its associated
subheadings.
11. Executive Order 14346 of September 5, 2025
(Modifying the Scope of Reciprocal Tariffs and
Establishing Procedures for Implementing Trade and
Security Agreements), authorized the Secretary of
Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to
take the necessary and appropriate steps to implement
any current or forthcoming trade and security framework
agreements between a foreign trading partner and the
United States, including modifications to the HTSUS.
The Secretary of Commerce and the United States Trade
Representative, in a Federal Register notice of
September 25, 2025 (90 FR 46136), modified the HTSUS to
provide for the preferential treatment of certain goods
of the European Union with respect to the additional ad
valorem duty imposed under Executive Order 14257 of
April 2, 2025 (Regulating Imports With a Reciprocal
Tariff To Rectify Trade Practices That Contribute to
Large and Persistent Annual United States Goods Trade
Deficits), as amended, including by adding headings
9903.02.74, 9903.02.75, 9903.02.76, and 9903.02.77 to
the HTSUS. These four headings each cross-referenced
explanatory notes in subdivisions (v)(xvi), (xvii),
(xviii), and (xix) of U.S. Note 2 to subchapter III of
chapter 99 of the HTSUS, respectively.
12. Subsequently, Proclamation 10976 of September 29,
2025 (Adjusting Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their
Derivative Products Into the United States), inserted a
new subdivision (v)(xiii), effective October 14, 2025,
and Proclamation 10984 of October 17, 2025 (Adjusting
Imports of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Medium- and
Heavy-Duty Vehicle Parts, and Buses Into the United
States), inserted new subdivisions (v)(xiv) and
(v)(xv), effective November 1, 2025, into U.S. Note 2
to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the HTSUS. Although
both proclamations adjusted the numbering of subsequent
provisions in subdivision (v), they omitted conforming
changes to the cross-references in headings 9903.02.74-
9903.02.77. I have determined that additional
modifications to the HTSUS are necessary or appropriate
to reflect these conforming changes.
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13. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended
(the ``Trade Act'') (Public Law 93-618, 88 Stat. 1978,
2073 (19 U.S.C. 2483)), authorizes the President to
embody in the HTSUS the substance of the relevant
provisions of the Trade Act, and of other acts
affecting import treatment, and actions taken
thereunder, including the removal, modification,
continuance, or imposition of any rate of duty or other
import restriction.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States of America, including but not limited to
section 4(b) of the USIFTA Implementation Act, sections
201 and 202 of the USSFTA Implementation Act, sections
201 and 202 of the USKFTA Implementation Act, and
section 604 of the Trade Act, do proclaim that:
(1) In order to implement tariff commitments under
the 2004 Agreement through December 31, 2026, the HTSUS
is modified as set forth in Annex I of this
proclamation.
(2) The modifications and technical rectifications
to the HTSUS made by Annex I of this proclamation shall
enter into effect on the applicable dates set forth in
Annex I of this proclamation.
(3) In order to make the modifications and
technical rectifications to the HTSUS described in
paragraphs 4 through 12 of this proclamation, the HTSUS
is modified as set forth in Annex II of this
proclamation. These modifications and technical
rectifications shall enter into effect on the
applicable dates set forth in Annex II of this
proclamation.
(4) Any provisions of previous proclamations and
Executive Orders that are inconsistent with the actions
taken in this proclamation are superseded to the extent
of such inconsistency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord
two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the two hundred and
fiftieth.
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